Diego Padilla

| (402)541-8624 | diego.padilla2308@gmail.com

EDUCATION
University of Nebraska-Omaha: Undergraduate Expected
graduation: May 2027
Bachelor of Science in Social Work, Concentration: Immigration

Susan Thompson Buffett Founding Scholarship (Full-Tuition) August 2022-

Present

ACTIVITIES
● DECA - 2020-2021
1. Competed in marketing competitions annually.
2. Participated in meetings and activities.

● Youth Group - 2017-2021

1. Listened to sermons and participated in activities.
2. Prepared and presented several sermons to the Youth Group

ACHIEVEMENTS
•Graduated with a 4.314 on a 5.00 scale
• Received academic scholarship
1. Susan Buffett Scholarship - April 2022

COMMUNITY SERVICE
● Greeter at Restore Community Church - 2017-2021
1. Opened door for churchgoers, greeted them.
2. Served as the face of the church.
● Volunteered at Open Door Mission - 2017
1. Gave out food to the homeless
2. Donated clothing and resources
● Volunteered for Heartland Worker Center - 2020-2022
1. Brought stimulus checks to undocumented people provided by
HWC with the Angel Funds Program.
2. Phone banking/canvassing to encourage underrepresented
communities to make their voice heard with GOTV campaigns.
3. Cleaned and restored Brown Park as part of Community Leaders
organization.
● Volunteered for Down Syndrome Allience - January 2023 -March 2023
a. Helped staff with what they required me to do as helping with
kids, showing them how to wash their hands.
b. Cleaned after cooking classes.
c. Made sure that everything went smoothly during the time i was
there.

Experience
Host and Server | China Buffet and Mongolian Grill | August 2018 -
 February 2022
• Greeted customers and took the, to appropriate seating.
• Managed to-go orders and other monetary transactions.
• Brought drinks and served customers.

Construction Laborer | Cascades Construction | February 2022 – November 2022

● • Hand-saw specialist. Cut studs of wood to the right size and angle for the job to progress
smoothly
● Provided my coworkers with the things they need when time they asked to facilitate the
process of house building.
● Provided many ways how to problem solve for many different things from small things as when
a co-worker runs out of battery on their tools and provide another one to bigger things as when
a wall falls quickly fix the broken part and make sure it is secure and have some timely solution
for it.

Server | Oliver Garden | November 2022 - present

● Served guests with enthusiasm to satisfy their needs and wants.
● Multitask for the different needs my team requires.
● Made sure that the area where I was working was impeccable clean.